Punitive chair



(No Model.) I

s. J. BAKE-R. PUNITIVE CHAIR.

Patented Jan. 26, 1897.

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SANFORD J. BAKER, OF OAKLAND, MAINE.

PUNITIVE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,94t1 dated January26, 1897.

Application filed Septemberlfi, 1896. $erial No. 605,954. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANFORD J. BAKER, of Oakland, in the county ofKennebec and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved PunitiveChair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a chair especially adapted forthe confinement of drunkards, tramps, or other objectionable persons orcriminals, the chair being so constructed that the occupant cannotescape, although not bound, and whereby the occupant will be maintainedin a sitting posture and will be visible from any point adjacent to thechair.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the chair in amanner similar to a cage, since it is purposed to place the chair in apublic square or other much-frequented locality.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the chair, takenpractically on the line 11 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is partly a plan Viewand partly a horizontal section of the chair, the section being takensubstantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention the chair is constructed of a suitablenumber of metal slats. The slats 10, forming the upright portion of thechair-back, are straight, as shown in Fig. 1, and each back slat isprovided with a forwardly-extendin g horizontal member forming a portionof a top cover or canopy. At the lower end of each back slat 10 a secondhorizontal member 10 is formed, and saidmembers 10 are longer than theupper members 10 and constitute a portion of the chair-bottom. The lowerhorizontal member 10 of each back slat is connected with a verticalmember 10, or the members 1O are simply continued downward to producesaid lower vertical members 10, and each member 10 is carriedhorizontally forward and then upward, producing two extreme lowermembers 10 and 10 for each back slat, designed to-constitute a portionof a foot-rest.

The sides of the chair-body are formed by the vertical members of linkslats 11, the upper horizontal portions 11 whereof cross the uppermembers of the back slats, while the lower horizontal portions 11 of thelink slats cross the horizontal seat members 10 of the back slats.Horizontal U -slats 12 serve to tie together the side and the backslats; but the side members of the lowermost tie-slats 12 are longerthan the corresponding members of the upper tie-s1ats 12, being carriedbeyond the front of the seat to form the arms of the chair.

Vertical slats 13 extend downward from the arm-slats to a platform 14 inthe foot-rest portion of the chair, and tie-slats 15 connect the lowerside slats 13 with the lower vertical members 10 of the back slats, asshown in Fig. 1, While link straps 15 connect the said members 10 andfront foot-rest members 1O with the lower portions of the side slats 13.

The chair is secured upon a base 16, provided with axles 17 andground-wheels 18, whereby the chair may be readily transported fromplace to place, a tongue 19 being attached to the front portion of thebase.

A door A is fitted to the front of the chair, conforming to the shape atthe front and extending from the top or canopy of the chair to and overthe foot-rest. The door is preferably constructed of longitudinal andtransverse slats 20 and 20. The door is provided with a bolt 21 andpadlock 22 or other form of lock located at one side, the other side ofthe door being hinged to the chair. A table 23 is usually secured to thedoor, upon which food is placed for the occupant of the chair. In theconstruction of the chair wherever one slat crosses another the slatsare riveted together or equivalently fastened.

A post 24 is projected upward from the central portion of the seatnearthe front. This post is to pass between the legs of the occupant of thechair and prevents the person from slipping down from the seat whenunable to maintain a sitting posture of his own accord.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A punitive chairconstructed With open ings,rendering the occupant visible from the sides as Well as the front; saidchair comprising a back, sides, a leg-rest, a seat, a post projectedupward from the seat, and a latticedoor conforming to the shape of thechair at the front and extending from a point above the seat over theleg-rest, substantially as described.

52. A punitive chair having a body with two side sections, a back and aseat, a leg-rest connected with the body, vertical post held adjacent tothe seat and adapted to be straddled by the occupant of the chair, and adoor closing the front of the chair and extending from a point above theseat to and over the SANFORD J. BAKER.

Vitnesses:

MABEL A. HARRIS, WILLIAM H. MARSTON.

